Buthoscorpio
| Buthoscorpio | |
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| Buthoscorpio politus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Scorpiones |
| Family: | Buthidae |
| Genus: | Buthoscorpio |
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| Buthoscorpio sarasinorum Karsch, 1891
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Buthoscorpio is a genus of scorpions in the family Buthidae.[1]
Taxonomy
There are five species recognised ed under the genus Buthoscorpio:[2]
- Buthoscorpio chinnarensis Aswathi, Sureshan & Lourenço, 2015
- Buthoscorpio indicus Lourenço, 2012
- Buthoscorpio politus (Pocock, 1899)
- Buthoscorpio rayalensis Javed, Rao, Mirza, Sanap & Tampal, 2010
- Buthoscorpio sarasinorum (Karsch, 1891)
Distribution
Species of this genus are found in India and Sri Lanka.[3]
Description
Total length of the scorpion ranges from 30 to 52 mm. Sternum type 1 is subpentagonal or subtriangular and long, which exhibits horizontal compression. Pedipalps consists with tri-chobothrial pattern. Cheliceral fixed finger is with two ventral accessory denticles. Movable finger of pedipalp chela is longer than manus. Pectines are covered with fulcra. Tergites I to VI are smooth or finely granular, with one carina. Carapace smooth to finely granular without carinae. But, metasomal segments are punctate, without stridulatory areas. Telson vesicle is punctate, whereas subaculear tooth is absent or weakly developed. Pedipalps, metasoma and telson are glabrous.[4]
References
- ^ Lourenço, Wilson. FURTHER TAXONOMIC CONSIDERATIONS ON THE GENUS BUTHOSCORPIO WERNER, 1936 (SCORPIONES, BUTHIDAE), WITH DESCRIPTION OF A NEW SPECIES FROM INDIA. ([1])
- ^ The Scorpion Files: Jan Ove Rein, Trondheim, Norwegian University of Science and Technology. 28 September 2020.
- ^ Fet, Sissom, Lowe & Braunwalder, 2000 : Catalog of the Scorpions of the World (1758-1998). New York Entomological Society, p. 1-690.
- ^ Charles University; Kovařík, František; Lowe, Graeme; Monell Chemical Senses Center; Ranawana, Kithsiri B.; University of Peradeniya; Hoferek, David; Jayarathne, V. A. Sanjeewa; University of Peradeniya (2016). "Scorpions of Sri Lanka (Scorpiones: Buthidae, Chaerilidae, Scorpionidae) with description of four new species of the genera Charmus Karsch, 1879 and Reddyanus Vachon, 1972, stat. n". Euscorpius. pp. 1–133. doi:10.18590/euscorpius.2016.vol2016.iss220.1. Retrieved 2021-08-29.
- Werner, 1936: « Neue-Eingänge von Skorpionen im Zoologischen Museum in Hamburg. Teil II. » Festschrift zum 60. Geburtstage von Professor Dr. Embrik Strand, vol. 2, p. 171–193
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